Honest opinions on names!

[CoffeeMamaBear]

Just curious to what people think about my taste in names. Please be brutally honest as I always get mixed opinions on them.

Brooks Joseph (boy) - 10
Gracie Jayne (girl) - 8
Atticus James (boy) - 6
Elky Jade (girl) - 3
Remi June (girl) - 6 months

"Elky"? As in "like an elk"?

You asked...
-Brooks - much prefer Brook, I would think the S is an typo
-Gracie - prefer Grace. Gracie sounds juvenile
-Atticus - love
-Elky - no real opinion, not a name I'm familiar with
-Remi - boys name, Remy.

Well I feel mean but you are asking! I don't like any of them. Gracie is OK but I much prefer Grace because it's not cutesy like Gracie is.
Atticus is OK but always feels a bit pretentious to me. The others I just dislike.

Isn't Elkie Brooks spelled Elkie?

Elkie-short for Elaine!

On a forum where people name change to protect their privacy about things that are utterly unidentifiable, I always find it highly suspicious when someone posts the first and second names of all their uniquely named children!

Pearl's a singer

If these were names for your as-yet-unborn child, this thread would be potentially useful but do you really want opinions on the names you gave your children several years ago? You obviously liked them & your children live with them …

Anyway, you've got your hands full with 5 young children. I'm impressed you remember their names.

@Crunchymum , especially given that the ages are listed.

I've never heard of Elky, that one sounds a bit odd to me but the others are lovely.

Elky and Brooks!!!

Brooks just makes me think of Shawshank.

Was the Elkie Brooks connection deliberate? I wouldn't have thought she's well known nowadays. We once lived next door but one to her aunt and uncle.

Remi is nice but for me it is a boy name. Don't like the others name.

Awful.

Brooks Joseph (boy) - 10
Don't like surnames as first names so hate this. Joseph is a great name. Would've gone for that

Gracie Jayne (girl) - 8
Why use a nickname? I'd have gone for Grace and called her Gracie sometimes

Atticus James (boy) - 6
OK, bit pretentious

Elky Jade (girl) - 3
Very silly

Remi June (girl) - 6 months
Nice name for a boy. Silly for a girl.

I like Atticus a lot

Elky - you didn’t.. did you?!

I think that's a bit harsh, I have four brothers and didn't have any of the problems you're presuming exist in this family. Also opinions were asked about names, not the number of children.

This is VERY identifiable and most people don't want opinions on their existing children's names so I question how serious/real you are. However, I like commenting on names and I'm bored so ...

Brooks Joseph (boy) - I like the sound of it. I've never heard it as a name before. It goes well with Joseph. I probably wouldn't choose it as I think people would assume he was called Joseph Brooks and the names had been written the wrong way round.
Gracie Jayne (girl) - I love Grace. Gracie is a sweet nickname but I would have used Grace on the birth certificate. Jane is my middle name and I always wanted a y to be a bit more unusual.
Atticus James (boy) - I love this. I've never met an Atticus in real life but it's great - and a cool literary role model too. Maybe quite American, not sure?
Elky Jade (girl) - I've never heard this. It's sweet. I think I would have spelled it Elkie as it seems less connected to an Elk. I prefer Elfie or Effie and all three are more nicknames than full names to me - for Elizabeth, probably.
Remi June (girl) - I love this. Surprised to read from other people that it's a boy's name. I've known girls with it. I think it's unisex.